Chapter 154: The Bell Retrieval Plan and the Supernatural Entity Ambush
The good news was that they had successfully deciphered the Cursed Eye Supernatural Entity's ability.
The bad news? That ability was truly troublesome.
The Cursed Eye Supernatural Entity had a total of 36 eyes, each of which was wirelessly connected to every conceptual "eye" within the entire building—statues, portraits, icons, billboards, and more.
It could almost be said that wherever you walked, if you carelessly overlooked even a single "eye" hidden in some corner, the Cursed Eye Supernatural Entity would immediately pinpoint your hiding spot.
Even more terrifying, once an eye locked onto your figure, as long as you remained within its line of sight for a brief moment, the entity's curse would take effect, allowing it to silently appear right beside you.
Tracking and locating targets? It was practically godlike!
Almost impossible to counter.
The information gap had been closed.
Hiding until the time limit expired and clearing the exam wouldn’t be much of a challenge.
But retrieving the bell? That was a headache.
Playing cards weren’t so easy to obtain after all…
Yet, the more difficult it was, the more Ji Yan craved it.
The reason was simple—the supernatural ability of this [Spade 9] was just too enticing!
Wiping the blood from his hands, Ji Yan’s frown never eased.
Approaching it directly would mean death the moment he was spotted—that was obviously not an option.
Conventional thinking wouldn’t work; he had to adapt his approach…
"Hey! Food! Damn, this is a lifesaver—I’m practically starving to death!"
While Ji Yan was racking his brains, Liu Congming rummaged through a corpse and pulled out a compressed biscuit. His eyes lit up as he tore it open and devoured it in huge bites.
"Even if this guy might’ve died because of my Misfortune Supernatural Entity, I still gotta thank him. What a saint!"
Liu Congming gave a thumbs-up between mouthfuls.
Watching him wolf it down, Ji Yan suddenly recalled a certain supernatural artifact, and his tangled thoughts abruptly cleared.
"Right… adapting my approach. Maybe this method could work!"
Ji Yan walked over and sat down in front of Liu Congming.
"You got an idea?" Liu Congming asked through a mouthful of food, his words muffled.
Ji Yan patted his shoulder and grinned. "A rather clever one. Might be a bit abstract, but I think it’s feasible."
Liu Congming suddenly felt a sense of foreboding. "Wait, if you’ve got a plan, why are you patting my shoulder?"
Ji Yan’s smile widened. "This plan requires an assistant."
Liu Congming shuddered.
"Bro, I’m here to coast, not to go for MVP."
"Every time you smile, I feel like my life’s hanging by a thread. It’s creepy—please retract that grin!"
Ji Yan: "What are you scared of? With your Misfortune Supernatural Entity stacking luck buffs on you, if anyone’s gonna die, it’ll be me first!"
That wasn’t a lie.
Even though Ji Yan held Liu Congming’s severed finger, if they were truly cornered in a life-or-death situation, the Misfortune Supernatural Entity would forcibly break the "severed finger immunity" rule, devouring Ji Yan’s luck to shield Liu Congming and buy him an escape.
Honestly, though the [Spade 2] Misfortune Supernatural Entity sounded ominous, its protective instincts toward its host were undeniable!
Even Ji Yan couldn’t help but envy Liu Congming.
After all, in comparison, his own [Spade 1] Blood Gu Supernatural Entity did little more than warn him of danger and occasionally burn other supernatural entities with its cursed blood—otherwise, it just lazed inside Ji Yan’s body, freeloading…
The contrast was downright depressing.
However, Ji Yan always believed that the Blood Gu Supernatural Entity had immense potential for growth. By obtaining the [Clubs 9] and enhancing the Blood Gu Supernatural Entity through the Strategy Guide, it would undoubtedly unlock even more formidable supernatural abilities...
Returning to the main point, Ji Yan also knew it wasn’t entirely appropriate to keep asking Liu Congming for help. He continued, "I won’t make you work for free."
"Another food exchange? Still a bad deal."
"I have a way to help you better control the Misfortune Supernatural Entity."
"You can’t control when the Misfortune Supernatural Entity wakes up, right? I can solve that problem."
Liu Congming’s expression froze, looking oddly at Ji Yan. "Wait, how do you even know that?"
"I’ve been meaning to ask—is this Supernatural Entity yours or mine?"
Ji Yan had no time for nonsense. "One word: in or out?"
Liu Congming: "In!"
"Just don’t screw me over."
"Under the same roof, screwing you over does me no good."
Finishing the last bite of his compressed biscuit and brushing the crumbs off his hands, Liu Congming asked, "I need to hear the plan first. I’m not risking my life for nothing!"
Ji Yan explained his method.
Liu Congming gasped, "This is so abstract—will it even work? It’s way too risky!"
"You have the Misfortune Supernatural Entity. I’m the one taking the risk. Why are you panicking?"
Liu Congming: "Is a playing card really worth going this hard for?"
Ji Yan replied thoughtfully, "I’ve made it this far in the Instance by taking risks."
"Fine, I’ll brave it with you!"
...
Ding dong! "Remaining examinees, please note: the hide-and-seek exam will conclude in 10 minutes. Persist until the final stage."
In the corridor illuminated by shifting light and shadow, the Cursed Eye Supernatural Entity stood on its pitch-black, bare feet.
Upon hearing the exam announcement, it twisted its head and spoke hoarsely, "Ten minutes left. Time to ramp up the difficulty."
"Do you really think hide-and-seek is just about avoiding all eyes and hiding successfully?"
Before it could act further, a tattooed eye on the back of its head suddenly emitted an eerie glow.
An eye had spotted a rat!
"Careless fools, after all."
The Cursed Eye Supernatural Entity grinned as the tattooed eye locked onto its target. Then, the corner of the eye split open, the socket expanding horrifically, slowly devouring the entity’s own body.
The scene was surreal—like a snake swallowing its own tail.
It was eating itself!
As its body was consumed by the eye, another part of the Cursed Eye Supernatural Entity silently emerged from the darkness in a nearby room...
The room was dimly lit.
Two figures huddled in a corner, deep in discussion—none other than Ji Yan and Liu Congming.
The Cursed Eye Supernatural Entity glanced back. A piece of drawing paper in the trash pile had an eye drawn on it, staring directly at the two.
"One slip in a hundred."
With a sinister grin, the entity’s grotesque hands slithered through the darkness, reaching for their heads.
By the time Ji Yan and Liu Congming noticed, the Supernatural Hand had already plunged into their skulls, gripping their eyeballs.
"Pity. Just a few more minutes, and you would’ve passed the exam."
"Wait! We can offer anything in exchange—please—"
Before they could finish, a sickening rip echoed.
Two pairs of bloodied eyeballs were torn from their sockets, trailing crimson flesh and nerves in a gruesome display.
The two corpses collapsed into the pool of blood with a thud.
The Cursed Eye Supernatural Entity placed the eyeballs into its mouth and chewed, muttering in confusion, "Why is it that humans, when on the brink of death, believe that feeble, desperate pleas can buy them even a sliver of survival?"
Shaking its head, the Cursed Eye Supernatural Entity devoured all four eyeballs, satisfied, and prepared to leave.
But the moment it turned around, an eerie sound came from behind...
Puzzled, the Cursed Eye Supernatural Entity glanced back—only to discover that the two corpses lying in the blood had vanished like ghosts!
"Is there something else in this room?"
Its gaze swept across every shadowed corner of the chamber.
The next instant, it whirled around—just as the two corpses lunged from the darkness, their bloody, hollow eye sockets reeking of pungent decay, slamming directly into the Cursed Eye Supernatural Entity's face!
The Cursed Eye Supernatural Entity was itself a Supernatural Entity.
Yet even it was startled by this sudden, ghastly assault...
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